The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-03-09
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE
TUESDAYS PROCEEDINGS.


SENATE-Gregg, from committee on pub
lie improvements, reported back house rail-
way commission bill, recommending that 1t
be considered in conjunction with senate
bills.
Bills introduced:
Abercrombie called up the bin fixing the
venue of suits against foreign corporations
doing business in this State, and it passed.
1t permits suits to be brought against
railway in any county through which il
runs.
Lane, from committee ON insurance sta
tisiics and history, reported favorably bill
requiring the State Commissioner to report
upon the condition of labor as well us his
regular subject
On motion of McManus the wolf scalp
bill was taken up and engrossed.
Report of free conference committee on
the deficiency Bill was adopted.
Terrell called up senate bill amending the
law of succession, with favorable commit
tee report. Bill engrossed.
Mcdonald called up the bill concerning
recovery of damages for injuries resulting
in death. The bill simply omits the word
"gross" before the word "neglect" in the
present statute. The bill was engrossed.
Lane called up the bill permitting man
who has discovered new evidence to sue out
second writ of habeas corpus despite ad.
verse decision previously rendered by the
court of appeals. The bill was engrossed.
Field called up the act validating previous
ordinances OF towns where no daily paper
is published. Passed.
Bell called up the bill authorizing county
commissioners to purchase dogs for pursuit
of criminals. Engrossed.
Simkins called up bill creating office of
State Geoogist.
Committee amendments providing that
he shall charge nothing for analysts and
that he shall purchase no lands without first
telling the owner of its geological character
were adopted, with $1,000 fine and six
months Imprisonment for violation of the
provisions.
Amendment by Woodward increasing the
appropriation from $4,000 to $4,000 was
adopted.
The bill was engrOsscd.
Bill furnishing malicious destruction of
fruits, growing crops or personal property,
was taken up. Amendment reducing the
fine to 800 was adopted and the bill en-
crossed
Jarvis introduced bill creating new
juticial district of Tarrant, Wise, Jack and
Parker counties.
House bill requiring prompt payment of
railway employees passed.
House bill charging the estate of deceased
with joint obligation passed.
House bill prohibiting poisoning, stupefy-
ing or dynamiting fish passed to third read
ing.
Substitute house bill amending the cor
poraton laws was taken up.
Amendment allowing the formation of
corporations for the subdivision and sale of
land and erection of buildings in towns was
adopted
Amendments allowing the organization
of corporations for stock pens, slaughtering
and refrigerating, and for canning veg
etables, fruit and fish were adopted, and
the bill was engrossed
House bill providing for more speedily
counting votes at special and general cleo
tions was taken up.
Amendment limiting the provisions of
the bill to places where 200 votes are polled
was adopted. and bill passed to third read
ing. Senate then adjourned.
HoUsE-Bills were introduced changing
the terms in various judicial districts,
changing occupation taxes to exempt the
manufacturers Of cotton and wool from
taxation for five years and to prevent unjust
discrimination, monopoles and conspira-
cies in the cotton seed oil business.
House bill amending the occupation tax
law was called up on third reading, and
after various amendments finally debates
and amendments were cut of by the gag
rule and the bill was killed on the vote to
pass finally, which was ~ yeas, 40 nays.
House agreed to conference committees
report on the general deficiency appropria-
tion bill
House land bill was laid on the table sub.
ject to call.
House bill to prevent pooling by railway
companies, fixing punishment of railway
officials violating the act by fine of 5000 to
$4,000 and Imprisonment from six months
to two years. Bill passed without debate
House bin prescribing subject matter Of
annual reports of railway companies re-
qured to be made to the comptroller passed /
The old bill on the subject is changed /
only so as to require more specific report |
as TO lands received from the State, and is I